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Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today? Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want... |
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Custom URL Shortcut Icons Lost I put shortcuts to some of my favorite Web pages in the Quick Launch area of the taskbar, but all icons have reverted to plain IE icons. How can this be avoided? |
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December 21, 2005
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Windows Tips: Fast Windows Navigation Is a Command Performance Improve your Windows efficiency by typing commands instead of clicking the mouse. |
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April 2002
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Open Explorer to the Folders You Use Most Change the folder Explorer opens to, and create shortcuts that will open Explorer to all your favorite folders... |
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October 2004
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February 2005
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October 28, 2003
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Quick and Simple Searches With Explorer Make Google your default search engine in Internet Explorer, enhance AOL with PowerTools... |
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June 2002
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February 1, 2008
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December 20, 2006 |
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November 16, 2004
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Extending Your Browser With Webmaster Tools With just a few tweaks, you can go a long way toward customizing your browser so it better meets your needs as a webmaster. |
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September 7, 2004
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Totally Remove a URL from History Deleting a single address from IE's history list requires inside information. |
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September 3, 2010 |
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April 19, 2006 |
Opera Browser In Drag Opera browser offers the choice to identify itself as Opera, Internet Explorer, or Firefox. |
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Should I Report Program Problems to Microsoft? Tell Windows ahead of time when to send problem reports... Customize Office menus and Windows Explorer shortcuts. |
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July 11, 2007
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May 4, 2010 |
Internet Explorer Usage Continues Slide Microsoft's browser drops to under 60 percent, while Chrome continues growing. |
PC World
July 24, 2006
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Internet Explorer's Share Dips Below 50% Internet Explorer's worldwide share dropped below 50 percent, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter. |
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Chrome's Browser Engine Available to IE users Does adding Google's Chrome Frame to Internet Explorer pose a security risk? |
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April 6, 2004
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May 2005
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Window's Hidden Image Viewer Useful, little-known features of the seemingly disposable photo viewing utility. |
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March 16, 2005
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August 2004
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IE 9 Top Browser in Malware Defense: Study New Microsoft-sponsored analysis pegs the forthcoming Internet Explorer 9 as the leading browser in fending off socially engineered malware, though one competitor challenges the methodology. |
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Gains Some Ground Signs of a reversal of fortune for IE? |
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August 17, 2005
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